Connecticut will receive an initial $72.4 million in low-income heating assistance from the federal government for the winter heating season, about 91 percent of what it received last year, the federal government said Tuesday.

The Obama administration is releasing $3.1 billion in block grants nationwide, about 90 percent of the full-year funding "for states, tribes and territories."the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on its website. The department said the amount is "a higher proportion than is typically made available in the initial allocation," and gives states "more certainty to plan for their upcoming heating season, while allowing Congress flexibility in setting its final funding level for the program."

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